Premier League announces 2011/12 broadcast payments 15 May 2012 Premier League announces 2011/12 broadcast payments Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City are top earning club with £60.6m Manchester City celebrate their title win The dramatic moments of an unforgettable season have been broadcast around the world The Premier League has announced the value of broadcast payments made to its 20 clubs for the 2011/12 season. Newly crowned Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City received the highest total payment of £60.6m, the highest broadcast payment any winner has received in the Premier League's history. "The differences between teams have become smaller and the quality is higher" - Arsene Wenger Manchester United, who were pipped to the title by City, received over £60.3m - down slightly on last season when they were the top earning club. The Founder Members' Agreement of the Premier League sees the revenue from UK broadcast rights distributed in the following ways: 50% split equally between the 20 clubs 25% paid in merit payments (depending on where a club finishes in the final League table) 25% paid in facility fees each time a club's matches are on TV in the UK. Each club is guaranteed a minimum of 10 facility fee payments, while all international broadcast revenue is split equally amongst the 20 clubs and worth nearly £18.8m each for the 2011/12 season. The Premier League sells broadcast rights in three-season agreements and the current deals cover the 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons. Over £968m was paid out in total to Premier League clubs this season - an increase of more than £15m on last season. Including payments made to clubs that have dropped out of the top flight the total is over £1.1 billion. Smaller differences Prior to the final weekend of the season, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he believes the way broadcast payments are distributed helps keep the Barclays Premier League competitive. "I think it has been a very interesting season because it was very unpredictable and every game was difficult," he said. "The way we distribute broadcast income plays a part in allowing each club to compete" - Richard Scudamore "The differences between teams have become smaller and that is why maybe the quality is higher. There are less financial differences apart from two or three teams because the international television rights have gone up tremendously compared to the domestic rights. "They are shared equally in the Premier League and the financial differences are smaller. Therefore the Premier League is more levelled out and there is less difference." Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore added: "The Premier League's income distribution mechanism rewards sporting success in the League while also guaranteeing a significant amount of broadcast revenue to each club in order that they can plan from one season to the next. "It has been a fantastic season, arguably the best of all the 20 Premier League seasons, and the clubs deserve huge credit for the quality of football on show throughout 2011/12. "We believe the way we distribute broadcast income plays a part in allowing each club to compete at the highest level." Broadcast Payments for 2011/2012 season Arsenal - £56,223,505 Aston Villa - £42,104,709 Blackburn Rovers - £40,317,633 Bolton Wanderers - £40,594,585 Chelsea - £54,436,429 Everton - £48,900,267 Fulham - £47,390,143 Liverpool - £54,360,635 Manchester City - £60,602,289 Manchester United - £60,325,337 Newcastle United - £54,235,271 Norwich City - £45,603,067 QPR - £43,262,087 Stoke City - £43,614,833 Sunderland - £44,369,895 Swansea City - £45,880,019 Tottenham Hotspur - £57,380,883 West Brom - £46,635,081 Wigan Athletic - £42,859,771 Wolves - £39,084,461 Championship teams receiving parachute payments Birmingham City - £15,475,005 Blackpool - £15,475,005 Burnley - £12,219,732 Hull City - £12,219,732 Middlesbrough - £4,081,548 Portsmouth - £12,219,732 West Ham United - £15,475,005 Premier League
By paying ****e players enormous contract. SWP and barton are going to cost us over £20m in wages alone. We are losing money hand of fist now.
Surprised to see us below Norwich. I know they will have got more from their final position but we must surely have appeared on loads more live games. We seem to have been on every other week really.
They got £4m more than us due to their league position. It would take a lot of extra live games to make that up.
Still, spending a big portion of your income on 2 bad players who dont help the team is madness. If we are paying stupid money, we better be getting a stupidly good player. Not mediocre journeymen.
